Vietnamese Language Will Be Taught at UrFU

11:26, December 2, 2019

University representatives and the Consul General of Vietnam agreed upon new areas of cooperation

Department of Oriental Studies of UrFU will begin teaching the Vietnamese language. Consul General of Vietnam in Yekaterinburg Ngo Phuong Ngi and representatives of UrFU agreed on this and other areas of cooperation.

“We have information that the former Deputy Dean of the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam will arrive at the beginning of next year. He studied in Moscow, knows Russian very well, has experience in teaching the Vietnamese language. He worked at the Diplomatic Academy for a long time, was the ambassador of Vietnam to Bulgaria. He is a very experienced, energetic person. When he can come here, we can meet and discuss with him not only the issues of teaching, but also research projects as a whole,” explained Ngo Phuong Ngi.

The plans of UrFU are to strengthen cooperation not only with official representatives of the country, but also with universities in Vietnam, enterprises and companies. In particular, the parties agreed on the development of academic exchange and joint scientific publications, on holding joint events and scientific conferences, Vietnam Days in Ural Federal University, etc. Vice-Rector for International Relations Sergey Kurochkin invited his Vietnamese colleagues to join the work in the Research and Education Center.

“UrFU has become the leading organization of the Ural Interregional Research and Education Center. The creation of the REC is an initiative of the Russian government. Our president in his message set the task of creating 15 RECs in the country, five of which have already been created. The next five will appear next year, and we hope that we will be among them,” commented Sergey Kurochkin. - To create the Ural REC, three regions were united - Sverdlovsk, Chelyabinsk and Kurgan Regions. Together we will develop science, education and innovative production. Since we are creating a world-class REC, it is important for us that our old friends are with us in this initiative: we can build joint work with universities and companies in Vietnam.”

Next week the delegation from the university, headed by Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs Sergey Knyazev, will visit the Vietnam Maritime University in Haiphong, where the delegation will discuss the prospects of cooperation on telecommunications and logistics programs.